Land Records: 1777 - 1969

The Land Records database contains over 280,000 entries from French and Spanish land concessions, federal land sales and state issued patents. The records may include names of purchasers, claimants and assignees, county, date of purchase, and legal land description (township, section, range and number of acres sold).

If you have questions or comments about these records, please contact the Missouri State Archives at archref@sos.mo.gov.

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